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cord-316327-0hpthrjo	Brar, Branden	A Survey Assessing the Early Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Training Programs	2020-08-18		.txt	text/plain	4497	249	44	The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has specific implications for oral and maxillofacial surgeons due to an increased risk of exposure to the virus during surgical procedures of the aero-digestive tract. CMS also increased access to Medicare telehealth services for its beneficiaries under the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act. This rapid turn of events led to some urgent modifications to clinical care including surgery, by US health care providers in all specialties, to accommodate the critical shortages of hospital resources as the pandemic was evolving. This evoked the need to survey OMFS training programs and to start a discussion regarding some of the changes in emergency triage, urgent surgical procedures, and use of PPE to protect health care personnel. [16] The aim of this survey was to assess the impact of COVID -19 on Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS) training programs in the different regions of USA during the early phase of this pandemic between March 6 th to May 6 th 2020.	./cache/cord-316327-0hpthrjo.txt	./txt/cord-316327-0hpthrjo.txt